March 16, 2020 From the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection: TRENTON –Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today that public may still access the State Parks, forests, recreation areas and Wildlife Management Areas, including roads, parking areas, trails, lakes and other open space areas for healthful passive recreation. However, campgrounds, visitor centers, nature…
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March 13, 2021 By: Tyler Eckel TRENTON (MERCER)– Two people were injured in a double shooting that occurred inside of a Trenton residence Saturday night. It occurred just before 9:30 pm. Trenton Police Officers responded to the first block of Carroll Street on reported shots fired. Officers encountered two males suffering gunshot wounds. One male…
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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Trenton drug dealer pled guilty to causing the death of a Burlington Township customer by supplying the fentanyl-laced heroin that led to her fatal overdose in 2018. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Daquan Marshall, 30, pled guilty on September 14 to Strict Liability for Drug-Induced…
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May 25, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton Police say that at 7:21 p.m. police responded to 38 N. Hermitage Ave for a Shot Spotter activation of five rounds. A short time later a male arrived at the Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim is in…
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May 7, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced today that an investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force lead to the arrest this morning of Dion Duncan for last week’s murder of Ramire Harvey. Dion Duncan, 24, was arrested Friday morning in Bristol, Pennsylvania, by the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional…
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January 9, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Governor Phil Murphy today ordered that the U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff at all state buildings and facilities on Monday, January 11, 2021, in honor of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a former resident of South River, who died following injuries sustained while defending…
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Flash flooding from Tropical Storm Ida’s heavy rains flooded roadways and many homes as creeks and rivers overflowed. Many people were caught in their vehicles in the raging flood waters and 23 New Jerseyans have lost their life to this storm according to Governor Phil Murphy. The National Weather Service has confirmed 7 tornados, in…
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February 28, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Mike Lee (R-UT) led a bipartisan effort to reform agricultural checkoff programs. Joined by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act will make checkoff programs more responsive to the farmers who are…
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July 2, 2021 ASBURY PARK, NJ (MONMOUTH)—Reaffirming his commitment to end New Jersey’s opioid epidemic, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a comprehensive legislative package into law to address the state’s opioid crisis through overdose prevention and recovery resilience. The six bills focus on overdose prevention by expanding low-barrier access to naloxone and bridges to medication…
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July 6, 2022 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–It was unclear if a homeless person fell or jumped from the Route 1 Bridge onto Route 29 North before being run over and killed by a vehicle sometime before 6:00 a.m. this morning according to City Officials. The vehicle after running the person over left the scene in a…
